This list contains sources of financial aid where a primary criteria is that the student experience a disability. You should also search for financial aid based on other criteria such as: intended course of study or major, financial need, academics and leadership, personal characteristics, organizational affiliation, and local and regional sources.
A good Web source of other financial aid information is The Financial Aid Information Page
Also try the College Board’s Financial Aid Calculator.
These sources of financial aid were compiled and surveyed by Tim Weiss
Revised 2/12/02
K-12 Private School Financial Assistance
How to Get Financial Assistance for Private School Tuition (parentcenter.com)
Children’s Scholarship Fund – K-12 private school tuition assistance for low income families
PLEASE Loan (Parent Loans for Elementary And Secondary Education) – low interest loans
E StudentLoan – K-12 student loan information
PLATO Junior – K-12 loans tailored to the each family’s needs
Postsecondary School Education (College or Vocational School)
National Scholarships:
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
American Council of the Blind Scholarships
American Foundation for the Blind Scholarships
American Foundation for the Blind: Freedom Scientific Technology Awards
Anne Ford Scholarship: Learning Disabilities
Association for Educ. and Rehab. of Blind: Ferrell
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
Autism Society of America: Martin Scholarship
Children of Deaf Adults (CODA) Scholarship
Christian Record Services Scholarship
EAR Foundation: Minnie Pearl Scholarship Program
Eli Lilly and Company Scholarships
Foundation for Exceptional Children Awards
National Amputation Foundation, Inc.
National Association of the Deaf: Stoker
National Federation of the Blind Scholarships
National Federation of the Blind: Calhoun
National Federation of the Blind: Educator of Tomorrow
National Federation of the Blind: Horn
National Federation of the Blind: Humanities
National Federation of the Blind: Owen
National Federation of the Blind: Rickard
Parke-Davis: Epilepsy Scholarship Program
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic: Learning
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic: Scholastic
Sertoma International
United States Association for Blind Athletes (USABA)
Venture Clubs of America
Vocational Rehabilitation
Scholarships Where Disability Is One Factor in Selection:
Landscape Architecture Foundation
National Federation of the Blind: Computer Science
National Federation of Music Clubs: V. Menees Nelson
American Speech-Language-Hearing Found.: Graduate
National Aeronautics & Space Administration: Minority
National Science Foundation: Research Fellowships
National Institutes of Health: Predoctoral Fellowships
National Institutes of Health: Research Grants
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America
Very Special Arts: Playwright Discovery Program
Schering/Key “Will to Win” Asthma Athletes Scholarship
Central Intelligence Agency: Undergraduate Scholar
Central Intelligence Agency: Undergraduate Program
Samuel Lemberg Scholarship Loan Fund, Inc.
Alaska Scholarships:
Quota International of Anchorage